JUDD OLSON

**** ***** ***** **., *********, Tx, *6063

817-***-****

acghii@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT TRAINING

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1997

Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI

* Certified Red X Master, General Motors, 2000

* Certified Red X Journeyman, Shainin, 1999

* Lean Manufacturing trained, General Motors, 2005

* Certified in Global Manufacturing System, General Motors, 2005

* Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma

* Certified Maintenance Mechanic 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL MOTORS 2/97 - 3/06: 6/10 - Current

A multi-billion dollar designer and manufacturer of cars, trucks and commercial vehicles.

Maintenance Supervisor, Paint Shop, Arlington, Tx (6/10 – Current)

* Managed skilled trades to optimize PMs and reduce down time.

* Maintained and implemented all safety concerns. Through the BPD Process.

* Carried out weekend work, making sure Safety, Man Power, and Material were aligned.

* Installing GL/TL of GMS, to insure reaching our goal of BIQ3.

* Implemented STA and I Care Process to increase awareness and safety.

* Building the MTS for all 3 shifts all trades. Continuous improvement.*

Quality Control Engineer, Lansing, MI (3/05 - 3/06)

* Managed exterior quality program of specific parts (auditing, testing, documentation, performance analysis, etc.) for 3 models.

* Responsible for FMEA, DFMEA, PPAP, GD&T, along with control plans and critical characteristics of over 100 parts.

* Worked hand in hand with the DE (design engineer) to make sure parts did not cause a no build condition.

* Wrote, trained, and maintained standardized work and all job element sheets (JES) for all operations to install the above parts.

* To insure customer satisfaction DoE was set up to monitor door closing efforts, gaps and fits, vehicle pulls and wind noise.

* Using Quality system TS-16949 though out the life span of the product.

* At the pre-production phase wind noise testing, utilizing a wind tunnel, was done to insure a low Db level using BMW

and Lexus as a bench mark. GM Vehicle $35,000 with equal wind noise number of the $80,000 competitor.

Red X Plant Master, Pontiac, MI (1/03 - 3/05)

* Supervised 8 Vehicle Assembly Engineers (VAE).

* Using JD Power and Associates, pareto principle determined projects to be assigned to VAE members. .

* Coached and signed off on all Red X projects to be turned into the regional master for certification.

* Coached and certified 10 Apprentice, 7 Journeyman, and 4 Masters.

* Lead the top 2 JD Power audits (vehicle pulls, and wind noise) keeping the numbers below target for 2 years on all models.

* Pontiac assembly started at 280 problems per hundred (PPH) to 105 PPH in 2005 beating Toyota.

Vehicle Assembly Engineer, Pontiac, MI (4/99 - 1/03)

* Received Journeyman Certification 12/99. Completed 2 Apprentice projects, and 4 Journeyman projects.

* Received Master Certification 12/00. Completed 4 Masters Projects and Coached 2 Apprentice to Journeyman.

* Co - Lead and solved JD Power Vehicle Pulls to the left project with a process change. Reduced JD Power 30 points and saved

the company millions of dollars in design cost.

* Was the lead VAE on water leak, wind noise, and squeak and rattle. Utilizing Red X methodology reduced these 3 categories

an estimated 75 PPH over 2 years.

* Lead the seats defects team. Worked with supplier to reduce incoming defects to below 1% and JD Power by 10 points.

Vehicle Validation Engineer, (2/97 - 4/99)

* Coordinate Vehicle Validation activity for GMT 355 Global Small Truck Program.

* Responsibilities include leading several expert teams comprised of Analysis, Development and Subsystem Validation

Engineer to evaluate GMTG, GM-Brazil and Isuzu Vehicle Validation plans.

* Engineering judgment and methodology to optimize physical hardware testing and resource use.

* Additional responsibilities included status reporting, management reviews, conflict resolution and team building.

PACTIV/Reynolds, Temple, Tx 7/9 – 6/10

A multi million dollar, food servicing packaging industry.

Maintenance Natural Team Leader (Promoted 4 months after hire)

* Manage 3 Maintenance Mechanics to insure maximum line time productivity while reducing downtime on 17 lines.

* Cover all line calls. Documenting all repairs, inventory usage, downtime and scrap.

* Insure product meets Quality Standards after product line change over.

Change Over Mechanic (CO Mech)

* Change over product line mold with a target of 1.5 hours.

* Change over Trim Tool (in sync with mold change over).

* Cover line calls when change over is not taking place.

TECO WESTINGHOUSE, Round Rock, Tx 2/9 – 7/9

A multi million dollar, wind turbine and industrial electric motor manufacturer

Receiving / Inspection

* Measured incoming parts with calipers, OD/ID Mics, Tesa, Conductivity Meter, scale, and Fluke Multimeter

* Using GD&T, read prints to determine parts were to the customer’s specification.

* Implemented material sheets to determine part composition was to the customers specification.

Wind Turbine

* Wired the entire control cabinet of the DeWind Teco Manufactured Wind Turbine.

* Compressed 212 pages of wiring schematics to a single page to expedite cabinet wiring. This process was used to compress all

wiring applications of the turbine.

* Analyzed cable scrap to determine waste and set up ideal cable lengths.

* Combined cable lengths and call outs with job station to expedite inventory pull of cable.

* Created audit sheets for control cabinet, hub, and all electrical connections to insure quality before turbine went to function

testing. (with this process testing went from 10 days to 2 days)

Research and Development Power Division

* Transformer design project. Building, winding, and testing of a 3 transformer, 4160 volt control cabinet.

* Designed and welded a 2 fan support housing used to cool the transformer.

* Designed and welded the induction coil support. Wound the coil to the support and tested it to 10 kv using a corona camera

to determine leaks in the coil.

WESTSHORE GLASS, Tampa, FL 10/06 – 9/07

A $35 million, privately-held manufacturer of tempered glass and glass doors.

Lead Process Engineer, 5300 W. Knox Street, Tampa, FL (current plant)

* Implemented Lean Manufacturing at this 200 employee manufacturing site.

* Created a 6-month and 1-year vision to deliver key Lean objectives in areas of decreased scrap, increased throughput, reduced

down time, and increased shop organization.

* The program was designed to be maintained by the managers and supervisors of each department.

* The system had to be bought off by the all members of the production team from plant manager to operator.

* Job Element sheets and Lean Manufacturing training manuals were created.

* Trained and installed 5S, Standardized Work, and Production Run Charts.

* Reduced scrap by 1000 lbs per day.

* Increased quality through put by 15%.

* Reduced changeover times on key machines by 35%.

* Reduced equipment downtime to less than 3% per week. Target of 4%.

Project Manager, Joan Kearney Blvd., Tampa, FL (new plant)

* Managed the construction of the new 100,000 sq ft manufacturing facility.

* Used lean thinking to organize the building construction, including all sub contractors.

* Created 1 year objectives and a 5 year vision to deliver key throughput increases, including quality metrics and customer

satisfaction bench marks.

* Lean thinking and throughput studies used to design new lines for maximum throughput and quality.

* New plant would increase production an ideal 5 times with a forecasted revenue increase of 150% over the next 5 years.

* New processes give 2 new products the first year increasing profits $50,000.00 per day. Goal: 2 new products per year.

Computer Skills

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, CAD, databases, print data systems, Budgeting Software, Gnatt, Master Dot,

Technical Skills

Welding, cutting torch, circuit board soldering, electrical wiring, drill press, band saw, schematic reading, transformer winding equipment, hydrostatic tester, corona camera, finite measuring tools, industrial ovens, grinder, cut off wheel, table saw, chop saw, pneumatic band saw, hydraulics, air tools, multi meters, Starrett measuring devices, control cabinet testing software, small electrical motor repair, bearing replacement, machine/production line trouble shooting, DoE, forklift operation, pallet jack operation, product date coder, amp probe

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